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Most toxic place I have ever worked - Technical Recruiter Amazon Web Services Employee Review

1.0
Dec 8, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

-I could improve professionally (e.g. stakeholder management, professional communication and writing) -the brand looks good on CV

Cons

-Amazon is like a cult, it is either you follow it or leave -It depends on the team if you feel ok, if you are unlucky like I was, you may suffer -no real collaboration, team work is just not part of the company culture, non-existent; very much working in silos -no real support from your direct manager, nobody is backing you -everything is about performance, no humanity is represented -Recruiters actually does not prescreen candidates, they just source them, no added value work, the job itself is a process management -EU Recruitment is led by UK leaders, feels like working on a colony -If upper management likes you, you will have a great career for ages, if not, you are just done -it is really hard to change levels and get a promotion -when I applied back then they did not tell me I was down leveled, I learned it on my first week. Total lack of transparency. -the average employment time is 1,8 years - speaks for itself -they fired a friend of mine during probation, although they have a very detailed and long hiring process. My friend relocated his whole family to Germany and had to find a job again.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Ambitious projects if you're in the right team. Typically great team-mates. Don't believe the memes, the ppl are not back stabbing jerks but are overall genuinely nice. Not constrained by budgets when building cool things. Tools while sometimes clunky are powerful.

Cons

Schizophrenic lack of focus, entire teams get split, merged and upended multiple times a quarter. Some product managers are disconnected from reality. It didn't use to be the case, the PM-Ts were previously top notch. You're pushed to vibe code everything. Established products with loyal customers are getting neglected. Newer VP level leaders don't seem to know what they are doing. Veteran OG VP level leaders are either leaving in droves or seem stressed or checked out.

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